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Zine and heard
Last Saturday I got to be part of Auckland Zinefest, supporting my daughter Beth as she launched the second issue of her zine Craft - D at St Kevin's Arcade in Karangahape Road. Stacy tells us all about it...
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Assassins misses the mark
Directed by Oliver Driver and starring a Go Girl, this latest from Silo Theatre Company takes a pot shot at musical black comedy with a vaudeville-style musical “Assasins” that misses the mark...
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Art at Milton Keynes
Hot on the heels of the news that UK created-centre, Milton Keynes, is a Grade 2 listed building, I visit a stunning exhibition there, with a blue denim catwalk that envelopes the building...
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Silent treatment
"Told in Silence" by Rebecca Connell tells the story of 18 year old Violet, who marries her boss after a whirlwind affair. He dies two years later and Violet lives with her parents-in-law...
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Fully-fashionable
Semi-Permanent is fully-fashionable, with the royal couple of NZ design on board for keynote NZ speakers at the design conference, namely Karen Walker and Mikhail Gherman, and father and son artist duo Dick and Otis Frizzell...
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Chaise Lange
‘Chaise Lange’, the creation of Auckland Potter Peter Lange, and K’Road’s newest public artwork in decades, was unveiled on Friday night to Karangahape Road locals, art enthusiasts, passers by and at least three drag queens...
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Autumn Book Club
Well it’s going to be winter shortly making sure we all stay indoors, and if you do find yourself with a fabulous winter cold/flu, then these fabulous new reads from Thread's Autumn Book Club might help you while away the hours…
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Off the top of my head
Improvisation is only for the brave. And so, when reading the show’s blurb ‘a showcase of New Zealand’s finest, and a few world-renowned improv artists’, I felt hopeful. Would this show bring the hour of craziness it spoke of?
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Fair craft
For one day only, on Saturday 24th July, Auckland Art Gallery will become a hive of crafty goodness as the first ever Auckland Art & Craft Fair takes over its hallowed halls with stalls...
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Here's The Brief
"I asked 5 photographers to make personal work and chose CanTeen as the charity...so far the project has made more than $10,000 so far for teens living with cancer." says Melissa Gardi...
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Pear Shaped
So you thought the North Shore was boring? Think again. Pear Shaped is a brand new Kiwi play, set in the heart of Go Girls territory. It’s a bittersweet comedy about naïve, nice guy Gary Clam, an average bloke who enjoys simple pleasures...
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Child's play
A guest appearance by Rhys Darby at Michael Boon’s Big Time Last Chance Kids Show at the Comedy Festival was an excellent addition. He successfully incorporated the key elements of robots, dinosaurs, laser guns and helicopters...
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